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Viverra zibetha
Linnaeus, 1758
- large Indian civet
(mammal)
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Entity:
Viverra (Genus) - oriental civets
..Viverra civettina (Species) - Malabar large-spotted civet
..Viverra lutreola (Species)
..Viverra megaspila (Species) - large-spotted civet
..Viverra tangalunga (Species) - Malayan civet
..Viverra zibetha (Species) - large Indian civet
....Viverra zibetha ashtoni (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha hainana (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha picta (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha pruinosus (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha zibetha (Subspecies)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
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(Order)
Carnivora
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(Family)
Viverridae
Original position
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Current position
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 559.
Alternative positions
Viverra (Viverra)
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972)
: 688.
Historical positions
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 559.
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 1993
: 348.
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 109.
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 44.
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new combination
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Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
5ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 28 Nov 2014
[5ss]
2005
W.C. Wozencraft
: 559
[5ss]
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026